Holzer is an award-winning historian best known for his books on Lincoln and the Civil War. The 69-year-old Brooklyn native collected a trove of Lincoln material over the years, including an 1860 painting of the president before he grew a beard.

Other artifacts for sale include a plaster Lincoln bust and a rare print produced for the May 1860 Republican Convention held in Chicago. The print is just one of four known to exist.

Holzer retired in 2015 after 23 years with the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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